German mission personnel ordered the telescope, which is mounted to a Russian spacecraft, into safe mode in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
attributed to him said in response to Sergeev's statement that"Roscosmos specialists" will be"able to solve the tasks assigned to them without damaging the control loop of the German telescope," according to a Google translation.
"The telescope was turned off not by the Germans, but by Russian specialists at the request of Germany," Rogozin wrote in the unverified post, which is dated June 6."Russian astronomers need a working observatory, not a de-energized piece of iron and glass dangling a million and a half kilometers [900,000 miles] from Earth."
reported on Monday that, according to unnamed German officials, restarting the scientific instrument without Germany's participation"could cause damage to the telescope." Legally, the situation seems a bit murky. Russia, which launched the Spektr-RG spacecraft, is also registered as its only owner in the United Nations"By being the registering state and the launching state, Russia's control over the object is pretty strong," Johnson told Space.com, referencing the
, a United Nations document that sets rules for international cooperation in outer space."Germany still owns eROSITA, despite it being on a Russian spacecraft, and both parties are under obligations to cooperate and show due regard to the other party, as well as not interfere with the other's right to explore space and perform space science."
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